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Poland began work on the 5.5-meter (18 foot) high steel wall topped with barbed wire at a cost of around 1.6 billion zł (US$407m) aimed at blocking the passage of illegal migrants during the border crisis in the region artificially instigated by Belarus in the late summer of 2021. The barrier was completed on 30 June 2022.
Poland and the European Union have accused Belarus and Russia of trying to spread chaos since 2021 by pushing migrants over the frontier in what Warsaw calls a "hybrid war". Minsk and Moscow have ...
Poland will extend the implementation of a buffer zone on its border with Belarus for 90 days, the interior ministry said on Tuesday, adding that the measure had been effective in reducing illegal ...
The border between Poland and Belarus runs for about 400 kilometers (250 miles). The government of Prime Minister Donald Tusk says that the purpose of the so-called buffer zone is to ensure the safety of outsiders, as well as the border guards, soldiers and police who work in the area.
Poland may reopen one border crossing with Belarus, the prime minister said on Friday, in a bid to help businesses in the country's east who have taken a hit from the closure of checkpoints due to ...
On 28 May 2024, A Polish soldier was injured after being stabbed along the Poland-Belarus border by a migrant trying to enter the country illegally during a patrol in Podlaskie Voivodeship. [27] He later died of his injuries on 6 June. [28] On 29 May 2024, Two Polish border guards were injured in an attack by migrants along the Poland-Belarus ...
Poland will do whatever it takes to resolve a migrant crisis on its border with Belarus, a deputy defence minister said, as Warsaw weighed options that may include closing the frontier. The border ...
Poland has seen an increase in the number of migrants trying to cross the Belarus border in recent weeks. According to the Border Guard, over 200 people tried to cross illegally on Friday ...